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Record Nr.

UNINA9910254006603321

Titolo

Food Roofs of Rio de Janeiro : The Pavao-Pavaozinho and Cantagalo Case Study / / edited by Rob Roggema

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017

ISBN

3-319-56739-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (201 pages) : illustrations, photographs

Disciplina

630.91732

Soggetti

Regional planning

City planning

Agriculture

Sociology, Urban

Food—Biotechnology

Economic development

Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning

Urban Studies/Sociology

Food Science

Development Studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

Preface -- Introduction -- Role of food in spatial planning and design -- Space for food in the city -- Networks and chains in the provision of food -- Policy Context: PAC -- Engagement of residents -- Development of an overall design strategy -- Development of the FoodRoof -- Design of the roof -- Building a FoodRoof in one week -- Interview with Marcelo Assunçao, Owner of the first FoodRoof -- Conclusions and Outlook.

Sommario/riassunto

One important change in the Brazilian policies is the Pacification. In recent years the government has invested in creating safer and more livable favelas. This generally starts with creating a UPP, a police post at a central location, from where the safety is maintained. Once this has been established the PAC, the government organisation for accelerating urban development in the favelas, starts to make plans to improve the



quality of life in the favela: drinking water, electricity, sewage system and other basic systems. It is essential to include the growth of food in their policies. Secondly, the discourse in urban agriculture shifts from the early stage in which every initiative is interesting, food production is a social activity and an estimated contribution to sustainability, towards the question how much food is actually produced within the city boundaries. Analyses show that the amount produced is very little. The follow-up question is how more food could be produced in the city? This is obviously also a matter of space. Current urban concepts do not offer enough space for food production and this implies new concepts need to be found. In the context of the favelas these new spaces need to be found on roofs.